Short Term Rentals - Updates

Access to STR Contact Info
As RC3 has long requested, Chelan County has taken steps to significantly increase the availability of information about permitted short term rentals (STR’s) in the unincorporated areas of the county.

Action Alert! Code Change Could Allow Large STRs in Residential Zones
Update 09/05/23: Your help is urgently needed to stop a proposal to amend the Chelan County zoning code. The proposed change is to the land use category “Small Scale Recreational

Code Change Could Allow Large STRs in Residential Zones
Chelan County has proposed amendments to its zoning code which, if adopted, would permit very large absentee owner STRs in all residential neighborhoods. We almost didn’t catch this proposal because

Protecting the County’s Short Term Rental Code
With the swearing in of new Commissioner Shon Smith, there is growing pressure to weaken the County’s Short-Term Rental (STR) code. This code was adopted after more than two years

Short Term Rentals
There is a growing body of research and case studies of communities that documents the impacts, both positive and negative, resulting from the growth of short-term rentals (STRs) in cities

